“It’s safe to say most investors are well acquainted with the charisma, drive, and brilliance of Steve Jobs,” Matt Nesto reports for Yahoo Finance.
“He’s the most well-known CEO in the world, and arguably the best, too,” Nesto reports. “His announced resignation as Apple CEO is not unexpected, but is still being met with some degree of shock”
Nesto reports, “Here’s a short list of facts (not opinions) about Jobs and Apple that are truly surprising.
1) Not A Single Downgrade Today
2) Jobs’ Stake in Disney is Twice As Big As His Slice of Apple ($4.5 billion of DIS vs. $2.1 billion of AAPL)
3) Apple Gets Sued Almost Every Day
4) Apple Has Not Missed A Quarterly Estimate in Nearly 9 Years (Apple has “beat the street” for 35 consecutive quarters)
5) Apple Has Not Traded Under $100 a Share Since March 18, 2009
6) Steve Jobs Personally Hold Over 300 Patents
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]